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Ry Cooder

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is a guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. more »

Year:

1980

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This here was our situation 
We was just young wild wood boys 
New as the birth of the nation 
The kind that the Army employs 
High riding Rebs from Missouri 
Fought for the gray and Quantril
Caught up by the battle and the fury 
Back when just living was hell 

After the battle was over 
And after the Union had won 
It was quitting that made us the loser 
So we kept doing just what we'd done 
Riding as comrades together 
We looted the trains and the banks 
Removing that carpetbag money 
And sticking it hard to the Yanks 

Death always follows behind you 
When you ride down that old outlaw trail 
Someday a bullet will find you 
Or you'll rot like a corpse in some jail 
Turning your back to the danger 
Is a wager no man can afford 
'Cause gold turns a friend to a stranger 
Like old Judas turned on our Lord 

Men are revered and remembered 
While they lay in that coffin and rot 
Some live in the legends of history 
Most are forever forgot 
The victory it goes to the strongest 
And only the strong will survive 
Survival is living the longest 
But nobody gets out alive 

The questions don't never get answered 
And the rights, they're remembered all wrong 
The facts, they can get plenty confusing 
So someday if you happen to be singing this song 
Remember it's just for the record 
You can't change the handwork of fate 
And tell 'em I lived for the moment 
And I died when I tried to go straight

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